CATTI 二级考试须知
五、考试科目
二、三级笔译考试均设《笔译综合能力》和《笔译实务》2个科目；口译考试均设《口译综合能力》和《口译实务》2个科目，其中二级口译考试《口译实务》科目分设“交替传译”和“同声传译”2个专业类别。报名参加二级口译考试的人员，可根据本人情况，选择口译交替传译和同声传译两个专业类别的考试。报考二级口译交替传译的人员，参加《口译综合能力》和《口译实务（交替传译类）》2个科目的考试；报考二级口译同声传译的人员，参加《口译综合能力》和《口译实务（同声传译类）》2个科目的考试；已通过了二级口译交替传译考试并取得证书的人员，可免试《口译综合能力》科目，只参加《口译实务（同声传译类）》科目的考试。
翻译硕士专业学位研究生，入学前未获得二级或二级以上翻译专业资格（水平）证书的，在校学习期间必须参加二级口译或笔译翻译专业资格（水平）考试，并可免试《综合能力》科目，只参加《口译实务》或《笔译实务》科目考试。
六、考试方式
二、三级《口译综合能力》科目考试采用听译笔答方式进行；二级《口译实务》科目“交替传译”和“同声传译”以及三级《口译实务》科目的考试均采用现场录音方式进行。
二、三级《笔译综合能力》和《笔译实务》科目考试均采用纸笔作答方式进行。
七、考试时间
二、三级《口译综合能力》科目、二级《口译实务》科目“交替传译”和“同声传译”考试时间均为60分钟；三级《口译实务》科目考试时间为30分钟。
二、三级《笔译综合能力》科目考试时间均为120分钟，《笔译实务》科目考试时间均为180分钟。
全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试
英语笔译二级考试大纲（试行）
一、总论
全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试英语笔译二级考试设笔译综合能力测试和笔译实务测试。
（一）考试目的
检验应试者的笔译实践能力是否达到专业译员水平。（二）考试基本要求
1．掌握8000 个以上英语词汇。
2．能够翻译中等难度文章，把握文章主旨，译文忠实原文的事实和细节，并能体现原文风格。
3．了解中国和英语国家的文化背景知识。
二、笔译综合能力
（一）考试目的
检验应试者对英语词汇、语法的掌握程度，以及阅读理解、推理与释义的能力。
（二）考试基本要求
1．掌握本大纲要求的英语词汇。
2．掌握并能够正确运用双语语法。
3．具备对各种文体英语文章的阅读理解能力。
1三、笔译实务
（一）考试目的
检验应试者双语互译的技巧和能力。
（二）考试基本要求
1．能够正确运用翻译策略和技巧，熟练进行双语互译。2．译文忠实原文，无错译、漏译。
3．译文流畅，用词恰当。
4．译文无语法错误。
5．英译汉速度每小时500—600 个单词；汉译英速度每小时300—400 个汉字。
参考教材
2013年CATTI考试费用
来源：考试在线2013-03-11
一、中国外文局翻译专业资格考评中心组织实施全国翻译专业资格（水平）考试时，向各地翻译专业资格（水平）考试机构收取的考务费标准为：
（一）三级笔译翻译每人300元，三级口译翻译每人360元。
（二）二级笔译翻译每人360元；二级口译翻译，交替传译每人430元。
（三）一级笔译翻译每人1000元；一级口译翻译，交替传译每人1300元。
（四）同声传译每人1940元。
二、各地翻译专业资格（水平）考试机构向报考人员收取的翻译专业资格（水平）考试费标准，由各省、自治区、直辖市价格主管部门会同财政部门，在调整后的考务费标准基础
上，加组织报名、租用考试场地和聘请监考人员的费用重新核定。
三、收费单位应按有关规定到指定价格主管部门办理收费许可证变更手续，并按财务隶属关系分别使用财政部或各省、自治区、直辖市财政部门统一印制的票据。
四、按照《国务院办公厅转发财政部关于深化收支两条线改革进一步加强财政管理意见的通知》（国办发200193号）规定，中国外文局翻译专业资格考评中心向各地翻译专业资格（水平）考试机构收取考务费，以及各地翻译专业资格（水平）考试机构向报考人员收取考试费，应纳入财政预算，实行“收支两条线”管理。具体收入收缴管理按财政部门有关规定执行，支出由同级财政部门按照履行职能的需要核拨。
五、收费单位应严格按照上述规定收费，不得擅自增加收费项目、扩大收费范围、提高收费标准，并自觉接受价格、财政部门的监督检查。
六、上述规定自发布之日起执行。2008年9月至本通知发布之日期间的翻译专业资格（水平）考试收费标准仍按发改价格20062308号文执行。
2019年CATTI二级笔译英译汉真题及参考答案
2019年CATTI二级笔译英译汉真题及参考答案 【第一篇】 So where there is financial connection, we see that rapid improvements in quality of life can quickly follow. In our modern context, there are several important channels to achieving this greater financial connectivity. I want to highlight two today: increased capital mobility and increased financial inclusion. First, enabling capital to flow more freely. Allowing capital to flow across borders can help support inclusive growth. Right now, foreign direct investment —FDI — is only 1.9 percent of GDP in developing countries. Before the global financial crisis, it was at 2.5 percent. Making progress on major infrastructure needs will require capital flows to rise again and to be managed safely. Greater openness to capital flows can also bring down the cost of finance, improve the efficiency of the financial sector, and allow capital to support productive investments and new jobs. Challenges that come with opening up capital markets. Thankfully, we know from experience the elements that are required for success. These include sound financial regulation, transparent rules for investment, and attention to fiscal sustainability. We also need increased financial inclusion. A few numbers: close to half of the adult population in low and middle-income Asia-Pacific economies do not have a bank account. Less than 10 percent have ever borrowed from a financial institution. And yet, we know that closing the finance gap is an “economic must-have” for nations to thrive in the 21st century. IMF analysis shows that if the least financially inclusive countries in Asia narrowed the finance gap to the level of Thailand — an emerging market economy — the poverty rate in those countries could be reduced by nearly 4 percent. How can we get there? In part, through policies that enable more women and rural citizens to access financial services. The financial gender gap for women in developing countries is about 9 percent and has remained largely unchanged since 2011. There is no silver bullet, but we know that fintech can play a catalyzing role. In Cambodia, for example, strong public-private partnerships in supporting mobile finance has led to a tripling in the number of micro-financial institutions since 2011. These institutions have now provided loans to over 2 million new borrowers, representing nearly 20 percent of the adult population. Many of these citizens had never had a bank account. Now they can save for the future and perhaps even start a business of their own. These are ideas that can work everywhere. But countries have to be willing to partner and learn from each other. That is one of the major reasons why last October, the IMF and World Bank launched the Bali Fintech Agenda. The agenda lays out key principles — from developing financial markets to safeguarding financial integrity — that can help each nation as it strives for greater financial inclusion. 【第一篇参考答案】
(完整版)2018全年CATTI二级笔译试题+解析(完整版)
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2018年下半年CATTI英语二级笔译实务真题
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2016年5月CATTI二级笔译实务真题
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2013CATTI二级笔译真题(打印版)
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